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GAO-14-230R 1 (2014-01-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaahou0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 January 30, 2014 The Honorable Chuck Hagel Secretary of Defense Management Report Imminent Danger Pay: Actions Needed Regarding Pay Designations in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility Dear Secretary Hagel: In December 2012, we notified you that we would be reviewing the Department of Defense's (DOD) posture in the Middle East and Southwest Asia.1 As part of this review, we have examined posture costs in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility, including special pays such as imminent danger pay and benefits for service members who are assigned, deployed, or on temporary duty travel. Service members are eligible for imminent danger pay for duty in a designated foreign area in which they are subject to the threat of physical harm or imminent danger for reasons such as terrorism or war.2 We are sending this report to provide timely information on our assessment of DOD's process for reviewing and making decisions on imminent danger pay area designations in the CENTCOM area of responsibility. Meanwhile, we are continuing our review of DOD's posture in the Middle East and Southwest Asia and will include the issues raised in this report and any actions that you take to resolve them, along with any findings that we present in our final report. To assess DOD's process for reviewing and making decisions on imminent danger pay area designations in the CENTCOM area of responsibility, we collected and analyzed imminent danger pay and family housing cost data in the CENTCOM area of responsibility from the military departments for fiscal years 2010 through 2013. These costs are in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. To assess the reliability of the data, we interviewed cognizant DOD officials regarding the accuracy of data entry, limitations of the data, and the results of previous audits conducted on the data systems 1The source of this review is the Senate Appropriations Committee Report that accompanied the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2010. See S. Rep. No. 111-40, at 12-13 (2009). 2Department of Defense Instruction 1340.09 defines imminent danger pay designated areas as foreign areas in which uniformed service members are on duty and are subject to the threat of physical harm or imminent danger on the basis of civil insurrection, civil war, terrorism, or wartime conditions, as determined by the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. See Department of Defense Instruction 1340.09, Hostile Fire Pay and Imminent Danger Pay (Apr. 20, 2010) (hereinafter cited as DODI 1340.09 (Apr. 20, 2010)). GAO-14-230R Imminent Danger Pay Page 1

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